412, Lot: 195. Estimate $300. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.26 g, 12h). First Mithradatic War issue. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Tomis mint. Struck circa 88-86 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left; (HP)Φ to inner left, TO on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 141, dies D2/R– (unlisted rev. die); AMNG I 2478. VF, die shift on obverse, some die wear on reverse.